A sinkhole was spotted in the Wyman Heights area of Ponca Hills, which drivers avoided by driving up on the grass.

Austin Rowser, with Omaha Public Works, told KETV NewsWatch 7 that it has NOT seen more sinkholes than usual this year, but April's heavier rains don't help the problem.

On the other hand, April did bring about a spike in water main breaks, according to MUD Director of Design Engineering, Jeff Schovanec.

"Spring is typically a time when you see them settle down a bit, because the weather's starting to stabilize," Jeff Schovanec said. "The frost comes out of the ground. It hasn't gotten hot yet, so there is a little bit of a spike right now. It's a little bit of an anomaly."

Schovanec said the wet April should be helping prevent water main breaks, not the other way around. But Monday's break near 164th and Sahler and one Tuesday just north of Beadle Middle School in Millard provided water work shows.

Schovanec added that those geyser-like breaks are actually less severe than they look.

"In the case of the recent break, it was more of a hole and that hole kind of acted like a faucet, and it just shot the water straight up into the air," he said.

Unlike the water main breaks, the sinkholes can be attributed to April's heavier rains as they wash out soil beneath the surface. They're frustrating for residents trying to navigate around them.

"(I) called the city over a week ago once, and they put one little barricade on it," Maher Jafari said. "And it kept sinking, so they put more barricades on it."

Jafari said in addition to the obvious eyesore, driving down his street requires extra caution.

"It's a pain, because you don't want to get close to it, because you don't know when it's going to go," he said. "And so you end up getting up on the curb a little bit, and now the neighbor's got a nice groove in his yard."

Anyone who sees a water main break or smells gas can reach MUD at 402-554-7777. Sinkholes can be reported to Public Works through its webpage on CityOfOmaha.org or through the mayor's hotline at 402-444-5555.